Tag Archives: guerrilla portraiture

People ask me if I sketch in with pencil or charcoal before I begin. No, I don’t. So much of painting requires restatement in the process, why start out fumbling from the beginning? I try to say what I mean from the very beginning. Think about the process of painting as opposed to drawing. Rendering […]

The Beginning I was painting at Halcyon Coffee here in Austin on Monday. The barristra was very interested, and asked me if I did an underpainting. This made me stop and think about the actual process of the oil sketch. I said, “well, no, not really”. I fumbled around for an explanation since I am […]

I painted John Erik Metcalf while he was at work at Conjunctured. Now is a good time to repost his portrait, since he is very involved with SXSWi. If it weren’t for the “Conjunctured Boys”, I wouldn’t have a blog. They are helpful, smart, and will help Austin maintain it’s tech-savy edge. I don’t understand […]

I painted her last spring at Epoch, and never posted it, for two reasons. Technically, it’s not my best, and secondly, this painting makes me sad. She is schizophrenic. But, if I am going to be an honest documenter of Austin, she needs to be portrayed. Anyone who has worked for Mobile Loaves and Fishes, […]